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2013-14 NBA Free Agent Tracker

5th July 2013

Back again by popular demand, you can follow this summer's action in free agency using Basketball-Reference's 2013-14 Free Agent Tracker page. We'll update it daily, so you can keep tabs on every player who changes his address this offseason.

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Player Career Gaps

5th July 2013

Just a quick post to let you know that I have added rows to the the first stat table on each player page to note any gaps in the player's career. For example, here is Michael Jordan:

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1984-85 21 CHI NBA SG 82 82 3144 837 1625 .515 9 52 .173 630 746 .845 167 367 534 481 196 69 291 285 2313
1985-86 22 CHI NBA SG 18 7 451 150 328 .457 3 18 .167 105 125 .840 23 41 64 53 37 21 45 46 408
1986-87 23 CHI NBA SG 82 82 3281 1098 2279 .482 12 66 .182 833 972 .857 166 264 430 377 236 125 272 237 3041
1987-88 24 CHI NBA SG 82 82 3311 1069 1998 .535 7 53 .132 723 860 .841 139 310 449 485 259 131 252 270 2868
1988-89 25 CHI NBA SG 81 81 3255 966 1795 .538 27 98 .276 674 793 .850 149 503 652 650 234 65 290 247 2633
1989-90 26 CHI NBA SG 82 82 3197 1034 1964 .526 92 245 .376 593 699 .848 143 422 565 519 227 54 247 241 2753
1990-91 27 CHI NBA SG 82 82 3034 990 1837 .539 29 93 .312 571 671 .851 118 374 492 453 223 83 202 229 2580
1991-92 28 CHI NBA SG 80 80 3102 943 1818 .519 27 100 .270 491 590 .832 91 420 511 489 182 75 200 201 2404
1992-93 29 CHI NBA SG 78 78 3067 992 2003 .495 81 230 .352 476 569 .837 135 387 522 428 221 61 207 188 2541
1993-94 30 Did Not Play (minor league baseball—Birmingham Barons)
1994-95 31 CHI NBA SG 17 17 668 166 404 .411 16 32 .500 109 136 .801 25 92 117 90 30 13 35 47 457
1995-96 32 CHI NBA SG 82 82 3090 916 1850 .495 111 260 .427 548 657 .834 148 395 543 352 180 42 197 195 2491
1996-97 33 CHI NBA SG 82 82 3106 920 1892 .486 111 297 .374 480 576 .833 113 369 482 352 140 44 166 156 2431
1997-98 34 CHI NBA SG 82 82 3181 881 1893 .465 30 126 .238 565 721 .784 130 345 475 283 141 45 185 151 2357
1998-99 35 Did Not Play (retired)
1999-00 36 Did Not Play (retired)
2000-01 37 Did Not Play (retired)
2001-02 38 WAS NBA SF 60 53 2093 551 1324 .416 10 53 .189 263 333 .790 50 289 339 310 85 26 162 119 1375
2002-03 39 WAS NBA SF 82 67 3031 679 1527 .445 16 55 .291 266 324 .821 71 426 497 311 123 39 173 171 1640
Career NBA 1072 1039 41011 12192 24537 .497 581 1778 .327 7327 8772 .835 1668 5004 6672 5633 2514 893 2924 2783 32292
Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/5/2013.

As you can see, Jordan's stints away from the game have been included in the table. In most cases we have been able to identify a reason the player did not play (injury, retirement, other league, etc.) and will note that in the row.

If you have any questions or comments about this addition or anything else, please let us know.

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NBA Finals Composite Stats

28th June 2013

With the NBA Finals ending last week, we now have a composite Finals stats page for 2013 here. You can access previous years' composite stats from the Finals (or any other series) by going to the yearly playoffs pages, mousing over the menu option marked "Series ?", and picking the playoff round in question.

On another related note, you can also access sortable stats from the Finals (single-game, single-season, or career) using the Player Game Finder, choosing "Game Type" = Playoffs, and picking the round you want.

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Support Basketball-Reference.com, Sponsor a Page

27th June 2013

Sponsoring a page is fun, fast, and easy way to support what we're doing here at Basketball-Reference. With a sponsorship, you can:

  • Show your support for your favorite player or team.
  • Drum up traffic for your own site & draw in fans with a common interest.
  • Get some well-deserved recognition for your support of BBR.
  • Make your voice heard by the tens of thousands of people who visit Basketball-Reference every day.

Here's all you have to do to get involved:

  1. Create a membership account.
  2. Find the page(s) you'd like to support, and click "sponsor" (available pages).
  3. If the page you want is already sponsored, click "Alert Me!" to be informed when the current sponsorship expires.
  4. Follow the instructions to create your message and make your payment.
  5. Your message and links will be visible on the page after we approve them (usually in less than 24 hours).

And who knows, if you're clever enough, your message might end up on lists like these.

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Individual and Team Records

25th June 2013

I have added pages with various regular season and postseason records for both individual players and teams to the leaders and records section. Links to these pages can be found on the main index of the leaders and records section. There is also a navigation bar at the top of each records page that will allow you to jump from one page to another. Please let us know if you have any questions or comments about this latest addition.

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2013 NBA Draft

25th June 2013

The 2012 NBA Draft will take place on Thursday, June 28 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, so don't forget to check out our draft preview as well as previous drafts in our draft section.

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Team Score Finder

17th June 2013

I have added a Team Score Finder to the Basketball-Reference.com Play Index. With this new tool you can answer questions like:

If you have any questions or comments about the Team Score Finder, please leave them here or use our feedback system. Thanks and enjoy!

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Search Our Stats Using the Play Index

10th June 2013

It's the Finals, so that means it's time for a reminder to check out the Basketball-Reference Play Index. In case you don't already know about the PI, it's a set of research tools that allow you to create customizable queries on our database, save the results, and share them with others. With the PI, you can:

  • Use the Player Season Finder to search through all NBA, ABA, & BAA players' regular season and playoff statistics for performances that match your criteria.
  • Use the Player Game Finder to search through NBA players' regular season and playoff game logs (since 1985-86) for games matching your criteria.
  • Use the Head-to-Head Finder to search for games in which two selected players played against each other.
  • Search for player and team consecutive-game streaks that match your criteria using the Streak Finders.
  • Search for team performances that meet your criteria with the Team Season Finder and Team Game Finder.
  • Use the Draft Finder to search through every NBA/BAA draft for picks that match your criteria.
  • Use the Player Comparison Finder to compare the stats of up to four players through (or in) a given season.

Also, take a look at the Play Index Plus for even more data-searching goodness. The PI+ lets you sift through the play-by-play data of every game since 2001, making it possible to look for specific events, lineup data, and shooting stats (including clutch shots and shot breakdowns by distance).

Best of all, these features are 100% free to use! So go ahead, give them a try, and you'll wonder how you ever got along without them.

Posted in Advanced Stats, Announcement, Basketball-Reference.com, CBB at Sports Reference, Features, History, Play Index | Comments Off on Search Our Stats Using the Play Index

BBR’s Most Wanted: Line Scores

31st May 2013

I am very close to having a complete set of proofed line scores (i.e., scoring by quarter) for the 1950-51 NBA season forward. By "proofed" I mean that I have verified that the line score total equals the team point total. There are almost 55,000 regular season and playoff games in that period, but I only have 21 12 issues that need to be resolved.

First, here are the cases where the line score total does not match the team's point total:

195111100BOS BOS pts  83 (game)  84 (line) Found!
195812270PHW PHW pts 114 (game) 115 (line) Found!
195812270PHW STL pts 108 (game) 105 (line) Found!
196003090DET MNL pts 116 (game) 117 (line) Found!
196011050STL STL pts 119 (game) 120 (line) Found!
196111180STL CIN pts 133 (game) 136 (line) Found!
196203040SYR SYR pts 115 (game) 105 (line) Found!
196301310SYR SYR pts 112 (game) 102 (line)
196403010DET SFW pts 100 (game)  94 (line)
196403170LAL PHI pts  97 (game)  94 (line)
196602160NYK SFW pts 108 (game) 106 (line)

Second, here are the games that are missing line scores:

195011040WSC MNL and WSC
195011110NYK SYR and NYK Found!
195011110WSC BOS and WSC Found!
195011150MNL SYR and MNL
195011220BLB NYK and BLB
195011250WSC SYR and WSC
195101060WSC FTW and WSC
195102220NYK TRI and NYK
195103290SYR NYK and SYR Found!
196203120LAL NYK and LAL

I have almost exhausted the resources that I have at my disposal, so I would be very grateful if any of you could lend a hand. You can post additions/corrections here or submit them using our feedback form. Please supply documentation to support your claim. Thanks in advance for any help that you can provide.

Posted in Announcement, Basketball-Reference.com, Most Wanted | 13 Comments »

NBA Playoffs Section

23rd May 2013

NBA Playoffs Section

Posted in Announcement, Basketball-Reference.com, Features, History, Playoffs | 1 Comment »